Today Importance - 23th July
23-Jul-1555
Human recaptured Delhi after defeating Sher-Shar alias Sikandar Suri in the battles of Machida and Sir hind. He is said to have won a kingdom but not an empire.
23-Jul-1856
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, scholar, mathematician, philosopher, militant nationalist Indian leader and who helped lay the foundations of India's independence, was born in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
23-Jul-1898
Birth of famous Bengali novelist Tarashankar Banerjee.
23-Jul-1904
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway has introduced first class restaurant cars in its mail trains.
23-Jul-1906
The great freedom revolutionary and leader Chandrasekhar Azad was born in Jhabra, Madhya Pradesh.
23-Jul-1912
Birth of the great industrialist Kila Chand Ambalal.
23-Jul-1918
Saraswati Devi (Mrs.) Ilindala, an extraordinary Hindi essayist, columnist and social dissident, was brought into the world in Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh.
23-Jul-1923
The great educationist Navin Chandra Chimanlal Pandya was born on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
23-Jul-1927
Broadcasting of daily radio broadcasts started in India by Bombay Radio Station. It was the first commercial radio station.
23-Jul-1933
Great leader, lawyer, social worker, freedom fighter, nationalist and president of Bengal Swaraj Party Jatindra Mohan Sengupta breathed his last in Ranchi. The people of Bengal used to call him 'Despriya'.
23-Jul-1956
India is celebrating the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar "Lokmanya" Tilak.
23-Jul-1964
The great statistician Samarendranath Roy passed away.
23-Jul-1976
In Montreal, Hari Chand set the record for 10,000 meters in 28.48.72.
23-Jul-1988
Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), passed on.
23-Jul-1990
At the first post-Soviet Indo-Soviet conference in Moscow, Indian Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh and Gorbachev signed a joint declaration pledging their countries to a nuclear-free and non-violent world.
23-Jul-1991
All India Forward Bloc President Premdutta Paliwal passed away.
23-Jul-1993
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2B), the second satellite of the INSAT-2 series has been launched. It is a dynamic multi-role communication and advanced meteorological satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by the European Ariane launch vehicle.
23-Jul-1996
India's entry into the Asian Regional Forum was supported by the grouping's foreign ministers in Jakarta.
23-Jul-1996
And Bhattacharya was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is leading this office till now.
23-Jul-1997
India has decided to sign the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
23-Jul-2000
Chief Justice of India Dr. A.S. Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani resigned from the Cabinet after being shown the door by the Prime Minister following a furor against Anand.